Improvement in blinds for harness-bridles



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Letters Patent No. 108,440, dated October 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLINDS FOR HARNESS-BRIDLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN L. BROWN, of Gonnellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and vuseful Improvement in fBlinds or VVinkers for Bridles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in hinging the winkers or blinds to the cheek-straps of a bridle, substantially as hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I'will proceed to describe its construction.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of my specification- Figure l represents the cheek-strap of a bridle furl uished with my improvement in blinds or winkels.

Figure 2 represents the blind or winker 'detached from the cheek-strap.

Figure 3 represents a vertical section of the. blind or winker when at line y of l.

In the accompanying drawing- A represents the cheek-strap of a bridle, in which is secured a tube, (l, of such diameter and lengt-h will correspond to the tubes e and the space between, so that, when thc tube O is placed between the tubes e, and the pintle finscrtcd in them, said tubes and pintle will form a perfect hingejoint for the winkel B,

so that it can be set at any desired angle with relation to the cheek-strap.

It represents the winker-strap, and

l, the nose-strap of the bridle.

The tube C is made of sheet metal, and provided with a flange, for the purpose of securing it to the cheek-strap either by rivets or sewing it in or to the strap. r

The blind or winker is constructed of sheet metal, and subsequently enameled or japanned, andmay be of any desired contour, and is concave on the inside, and convex on the outside, for the purposeof giv ing'it stiffness and strength.

\Vinkers constructed as herein described enable the manufacturer to construct 'bridles provided with them at less cost, greater facility, less weight, more durable and desirable, for-the bridle can be used with and without the winker, it being susceptible of ready detachment, and easily replaced when isuch appendage is required on the bridle.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and 

